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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Blood Typing Subunit

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students play the role of science detectives in an activity used to introduce the scientific method and the concept that blood is not identical and is identified by surface markers. Students must identify an unknown sample of "blood" by...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students solve a crime by matching a suspect's blood type to physical evidence collected at the crime scene. For this forensic science lesson, students identify the different blood types. They explain how blood tests work.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pre-Hardy-Weinberg

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the inheritance of ABO blood groups.  In this investigative lesson students perform a lab and show how natural selection can alter the gene frequencies in a population.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Born of Blood

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use a large Punnett Square and infer how genes determine blood types.  In this blood type lesson students predict blood types and demonstrate how Punnett Squares are related to genes and chromosomes. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

" Where in the World is Your Blood Type?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore a map of the worldwide distribution of blood types and observe the patterns.  In this blood type lesson students conduct a lab and determine the geographic distribution of the different blood types and determine a pattern. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Probability Worksheet

For Students 10th - 12th
In this probability activity, students compute the probability that a husband and wife will have the same blood type.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Born of Blood: Inheritance of Blood Types

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine inheritance of blood types.  In the chromosome lesson, students create a model of chromosome and predict the blood type of offspring.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Valentine Science Blood Types

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore blood types. In this science investigation instructional activity, students participate in a classroom simulation that replicates a blood transfusion so that students may note how the 4 blood types interact.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Human Heredity II

For Students 9th
Using deductive skills and reasoning based on the data provided about a family's blood genotype, blood phenotype, chromosomes, and genetic conditions, 9th graders answer the questions below. The conditions discussed are Down Syndrome and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Blood

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this blood worksheet, students describe the four functions of blood. Then they write what each part of the human body illustrated does below the picture. Students also complete the table on possible blood types of a receiver and donor...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Your Type

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students record their blood types on a class graph and calculate the potential number of blood donors for each group.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Modus Operandi

For Students 5th - 12th
In this fingerprint activity students complete a activity on their physical attributes and place their fingerprints on the paper. 
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Handout
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Blood Types Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Arizona describes how blood type is passed on from parent to child. The tutorial covers the genetics of the ABO blood groups as well as Rh factor. There are even practice problems and blood type calculators!
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Blood Components (Tutorial)

For Students 9th - 10th
This review of what makes up human blood is easy to read and understand. There are guides to pronunciation and glossary links as well as a self quiz to check your understanding.
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Website
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Monohybrid Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the University of Arizona, gives problems online that correspond to basic Mendelian genetics. Test your knowledge once you've read about Mendel and accessed the links to the various subjects covered in...
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Human Abo Blood Types

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this review to introduce the human ABO system and how blood types are inherited.
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Interactive
Palomar Community College District

Flashcards for Human Blood Components

For Students 9th - 10th
Use these cards for a quick review of the facts related to the components of blood.
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Interactive
Palomar Community College District

Flashcards for Human Blood Typing

For Students 9th - 10th
These cards provide a quick, interactive review of ABO, Rh blood typing science. Good for test preparation.
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Table of Blood Type Frequencies

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a listing of United States frequencies of the various human blood groups.
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Website
Gateway Community College

James Crimando: Hematology

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about human blood cells, blood disorders, and ABO blood types.
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Interactive
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Blood Types

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand how blood functions within the body and how it is broken down into various blood types.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Blood Types

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do you know what your blood type is? Maybe you have heard people say that they have Type A or Type O blood. Blood type is a way to describe the type of antigens, or...
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Handout
Texas Heart Institute

Texas Heart Institute: Heart Information Center: Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
Answers questions about blood: what it is, its function, and types.
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Handout
WebMD

Web Md: Blood Typing

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site for a great article over blood typing tests. Read about the two types of blood typing tests (ABO and Rh tests), why the tests are done, how they are done, and risk factors. Also, view a chart that shows the compatibility...